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- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: That seems to be what is happening. The more important part of the Taoiseach's reply was his suggestion "no timeline" applies to the negotiations on the promissory note. Is the Government not working to a timeline, in the light of the imminence of the first repayment that has to be made? European mechanisms in terms of banking issues which were not in place at the time are now in place....
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government has not yet put anything to the central banks.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: That depends on how well we do in the European championships.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: What of the Connacht final?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Explain that to Labour.
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department availing of the early retirement scheme; the positions they held; if they will be replaced; if services will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7779/12]
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department is being decreased in size to transform into a Cabinet office that oversees the delivery of the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/12]
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff and grades they hold in his Department in March 2011 and in February 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/12]
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff and grades held that are employed in the Government Information Service and those who service MerrionStreet.ie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9359/12]
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who will be given the responsibility for the implementation of the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs in his Department; if there will be additional persons recruited or if they will be transferred from other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/12]
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of speech writers he has that do not normally work in his Department; the way they are paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9364/12]
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked six of the questions in this block of ten questions. Rather than spending too much time on this aspect, it is worth noting from the information the Taoiseach has supplied that his promise to slim down the Department of the Taoiseach radically has clearly been abandoned and the same goes for his nine-year promise to get rid of what he used to call the propaganda units in the...
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I would argue that, across the foreign affairs brief, it is vital there would be a coherence and an integration. It is not just about Europe on its own.
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is about how Europe interacts with the emerging countries, including in Asia and South America, and European policy is critical to that relationship with other parts of the world. The idea that a section on European affairs stands alone is misplaced in terms of the conduct of foreign policy. On the evolution of European policy and how it relates to other blocs across the world, it is...
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's response on this issue is disingenuous, given the commission of inquiry legislation which is on the Statute Book which was used effectively in the Cloyne and Dublin inquiries. I would never have thought an Oireachtas inquiry would be suitable in this case. There is ample scope under the existing commission of inquiry legislation to investigate issues such as this...
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: The baseline figure for 2010 would be far more relevant. Be that as it may, it is fair to say the Taoiseach's Department is expanding, which flies in the face of all that was promised in advance of the general election, as I am sure the Taoiseach will acknowledge. Nowhere is this more evident than on the European side.
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: A commitment was given to reduce staff numbers.
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Expanding.
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Who will the Taoiseach grab next?
- Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Expanding all the way.